Google buys part of HTC’s XR business for $250M
Google has agreed to acquire part of HTC's extended-reality (XR) business for $250 million, expanding its push into virtual and augmented reality hardware The deal involves transferring some of the HTC VIVE engineering staff to Google and granting non-exclusive IP rights.
Google is bulk buying HTC Vive engineers to help Android XR become a platform that can rival Meta's VR/AR dominance
Last month, Google introduced the Android XR platform in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, which is "a new operating system built for this next generation of computing". Now, Google has bought part of HTC Vive's engineering team, HTC Vive of course having ample experience engineering VR headsets.
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Looks like Google is serious about Android XR, after allGoogle spent $250 million to acuire engineers from HTC Vive for Android XR, echoing moves it made with HTC for the Pixel in ...
Google’s announcement of Android XR last month was largely met with excitement, but there was a notable undercurrent of ...
New details emerged about Samsung's XR headset at Galaxy Unpacked 2025. This Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 competitor is ...
This partnership between Google and HTC signals a new era of innovation in XR technology, setting the stage for an intriguing ...
It’s official! Google has a fixation on making waves in the XR space. We all know that the company has developed Android XR in collaboration with Samsung. However, it goes deeper than that ...
The two tech giants are entering the race to create a pair of augmented reality glasses, competing with Apple and Meta.
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Samsung's AI-powered Moohan XR headset brings Iron Man's Jarvis closer to realitySamsung’s Galaxy Unpacked 2025 was an event dedicated to the launch of its Galaxy S25 series of smartphones. However, the ...
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